Friday Cable Ratings: CNN’s Blitzer Beats MSNBC’s Schultz and Sharpton in Demo

On Friday afternoon, as the first reports of Russian troops entering the Crimea region of Ukraine began to emerge, CNN’s The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer managed a rare win over its MSNBC competition in the 25-54 demographic.

At 5pm, Blitzer’s show had 136K in the demo while MSNBC’s The Ed Show had 123K. Then, at 6pm, Blitzer’s numbers increased to 157K, while PoliticsNation with Al Sharpton had 128K. In total viewers, MSNBC beat CNN during both hours.

Fox News’ The Five and Special Report with Bret Baier, at 5 and 6pm respectively, were #1 in the demo and total viewers.

Here are the rest of your Friday ratings:

TV NEWS RATINGS: 25-54 DEMOGRAPHIC (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  224	New Day  74	Morning Joe  89	Express  62
5 pm	The Five  303	Blitzer  136	Schultz  123	WWYD  67
6 pm	Baier  305	Blitzer  157	Sharpton  128	WWYD  71
7 pm	Van Susteren  255	Burnett  166	Matthews  180	Velez-Mitchell  37
8 pm	O’Reilly  391	Cooper  178	Hayes  179	Grace  55
9 pm	Kelly  281	Morgan  112	Maddow  193	Files  139
10 pm	Hannity  217	Spotlight  121	Investigates  188	Files  163
11 pm	O’Reilly  305	Blackfish  88	Investigates  200	Files  256
PRIME TIME	298	129	187	119
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data.

TV NEWS RATINGS: TOTAL VIEWERS (L +SD)
6 – 9 am	Fox & Friends  1.063	New Day  256	Morning Joe  347	Express  172
5 pm	The Five  2.064	Blitzer  510	Schultz  516	WWYD  149
6 pm	Baier  1.917	Blitzer  468	Sharpton  584	WWYD  168
7 pm	Van Susteren  1.720	Burnett  429	Matthews  837	Velez-Mitchell  211
8 pm	O’Reilly  2.491	Cooper  537	Hayes  760	Grace  248
9 pm	Kelly  1.873	Morgan  351	Maddow  994	Files  366
10 pm	Hannity  1.315	Spotlight  326	Investigates  420	Files  477
11 pm	O’Reilly  1.080	Blackfish  218	Investigates  325	Files  626
PRIME TIME	1.895	389	726	363
Data by Nielsen Media Research. Live and same day (DVR) data